Caspian/Mediterranean area report
New Turkmenistan projects will lift vessel demand
Dragon Oil is tendering for the construction and installation of new platforms and pipelines for its Cheleken projects and RWE Dea has commenced exploration work
by Martyn Wingrove
il and gas resources in the Caspian region continue to attract further investment, with Turkmenistan providing further potential for offshore vessel charters. One of the largest investment drives offshore
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Turkmenistan is by London-listed Dragon Oil. It has begun tendering on the next phase of developing the Dzheitune, also known as Lam, oil and gas complex in the Cheleken contract area of the Caspian Sea. Development work is also well underway on platforms for the Zhdanov oil and gas field in the contract area. Through the rest of this decade, Dragon Oil plans to install several new wellhead platforms, a hydrocarbon gathering and processing platform and associated pipelines over the two field complexes. As part of this drive, Dragon Oil is encouraging international contractors to build a new platform fabrication yard in the Hazar harbour area. It hopes the facilities will be completed by the end of 2013, in time for the contractor to build new platforms. However, for the first phase of its expansion plans for the Cheleken area, this fabrication yard will not be ready. So Dragon Oil has begun the tendering process for other contractors to build and install platforms and pipelines. Dragon Oil’s chief executive Abdul Jaleel Al Khalifa explained:
“We have commenced tendering for a significant number of projects, including new wellhead and production platforms and associated pipelines, drilling rigs and infrastructure.”
Dragon Oil has started tendering for the
Dzheitune D and E wellhead platforms and associated pipelines and expects to award these contracts by the end of this year. The platforms will be suitable for drilling production wells with a jack-up rig. Platform jackets and topsides would be installed in 2013 and 2014. The next phase of development will include construction of Dzheitune F, G and H platforms and associated pipelines at the new Hazar fabrication yard. Dragon Oil hopes to award construction contracts early in 2013 for these platforms. They are scheduled to be installed on the Dzheitune field in 2014 and 2015. This year, progress is focused on fabricating and installing facilities, including platforms and in-field pipelines, for the Zhdanov field to cater for future growth in production. “The Zhdanov A platform is expected for delivery by the end of this year and should be ready for drilling in the first quarter of 2013. Work on the Zhdanov B platform is progressing and the platform is expected to be delivered and ready for drilling in the first half of 2013,” Dragon Oil said. “Completion of the Zhdanov Block 4 platform and installation
gathering cater of the
associated in-field pipelines are expected to be on schedule, in the second half of 2012. This platform will
for the production from
new wellhead and production platforms in the Zhdanov field in the near future.” Also in Turkmenistan, German energy company RWE Dea has commenced a 3D seismic survey as it plans to begin exploration
New wellhead platforms will be similar in design to the Dzheitune (Lam) B platform
drilling next year. RWE Dea will do an offshore 3D, and a 3D transition zone seismic survey, over an area of 400km2 in Block 23. There will also be a 2D seismic survey to allow RWE Dea to assess the further exploration potential of Block 23, said the oil company’s general manager, Peter Immerz. He added: “Following careful and intensive preparations in recent months, we are delighted to begin with the field work now. Amongst other things, we are going to use the data obtained to drill the exploration well planned for 2013 with optimum effectiveness.” OSJ
More OSVs chartered for Israel projects
In Israel, energy companies are gearing up for a summer of exploration drilling in the hope they can emulate the recent success of Noble Energy, which discovered huge deepwater gas fields in the last two years. In the recent awards, shipowner Hartmann Offshore did well, collecting most of the broker-reported contracts. ATP Oil & Gas chartered two 16,000 bhp anchor handlers from Hartmann to support drilling with the semi-submersible rig Ensco 5006. ATP fixed 2009-built UOS Atlantis and
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2010-built UOS Navigator for around two months to support one exploration well. GeoGlobal Resources also fixed two vessels to support drilling, which started in May. The contracts covered the drilling of two wells, with options to extend the charters to cover a third exploration well. GeoGlobal chartered 2009-built, 16,000 bhp anchor handler UOS Challenger, and 3,150 dwt PSV FD Incredible from Italian shipowner Fratelli D’Amato, for around six months. Another Hartmann vessel was chartered
for Israeli work in April. Brokers reported that oilfield service company Helix chartered 2010- built, 16,000 bhp anchor handler UOS Freedom. Noble Energy is in the middle of developing the large gas resources in the Tamar field with subsea wells tied back to a shallow-water gas gathering and processing platform. Helix is assisting the US energy company in this development. Noble also intends to develop the Leviathan field and a deepwater discovery in Cyprus in the future.
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